Koncentrációs táborokkal kapcsolatos gyűjtemény
- Collection Pertaining to Concentration Camps
Extent and Medium
ca. 4 linear metres
Creator(s)
Biographical History
The documents in HMC’s collection pertaining to concentration camps were mostly created by Allied armies and Allied-controlled civil authorities, DP camps and organizations attending deportees in the territory of the former Nazi Germany. They also contain private files of survivors.
Archival History
The collection of archival documents is based on the material of the Hungarian Auschwitz Foundation (HFA), an NGO established in 1990 by survivors to collect and preserve documentation pertaining to the Holocaust. HFA collected copies of archival material from several Hungarian public collections as well as original private documents donated by other institutions and individuals. The collection was handed over to the newly established Holocaust Memorial Center in 2004. From that time on, more than 800 individuals donated the HMC their private and family documents, photos and objects.
Scope and Content
The collection includes various types of private documents, including identification papers, passports, inventories, letters and postcards, diaries and notebooks, birth, death and marriage certificates, work and travel permits, protective documents and other personal documents as well as administrative and legal documents that were in the custody of families and individuals. Personal files also include about 2500 photographs and more than one thousand of objects and artifacts.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged thematically and by the names of the donors. As the HMC is a museum, not archives, therefore there are no RG or file numbers, the archival material has only accession numbers.
Existence and Location of Copies
Private collections
Archivist Note
Description prepared by László Csősz. Source: http://hdke.hu/kutatas/gyujtemeny http://hdke.hu/kutatas/gyujtemeny/dokumentumok Due to privacy regulations, the list of the names of the donors cannot be displayed here, but it is available upon request at the institution.